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W., A. & A. oSBNBR-GK. Cigar Mold Press. No. 235,005. Patented Nov,30,1880.

N. PETERS. PHDYo-LITHDGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. D C.

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W., A. su A. OSENBRU'GK.

Cigar Mold Press. No. 235,005. Patented Nov. 30,1880.

N.PETERS, PHOTWLITHOGRAFHER. WASHINGTON. D C.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEETCE.

W'ILHELM OSENBRCK, ADOLPH OSENBRCK, AND AUGUST OSENBROK. OF HEMELINGEN,NEAR BREMEN, PRUSSIA, GERMANY.

CIGAR-MOLD PRESS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 235,005, dated November30, 1880.

Application filed September 5), 1880. (No model.) i

T 0 all whom t may concern Be it known that we, WILHELM OsEN- BRGK,ADOLPH OsENBEcK, and AUGUST OSENBRGK, of Hemelingen, near Bremen,Prussia, German Empire, have jointly invented a new and useful ImprovedCigar-Mold Press, ot' which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a molding apparatus for pressing tobacco intothe required shape to forni cigars, and is also applicable for pressing`other materials together in a cylindrical or partially cylindrical form.It is designed to operate upon a number of such articles at one time,and these articles can be kept under pressure as long as desired.

In the drawings, Figure l is an elevation of our molding-press. Fig. 2shows a portion ot' the said press, with the upper part thereof raised.Fig. 3 shows the same portion of the press with the upper and lowerparts pressed together; also the pressing-lever in position for raisingthe Lipper part. Fig. 4 is a plan of aportion of a wide molding-pressconstructed according to our invention. Fig. 5 is an end view of part ofFig. 4. Fig. 6 is a plan of a portion of a press with a modied form oflever. Fig. 7 is a front view ot' one of the bolts suitable for thelever shown in Fig. 6. Fig. S shows a side view and plan of a leverconstructed according to our invention. Fig. 9 illustrates, in elevationand plan, a pressing device of more simple construction. Fig. l() is aplan of a lnolding-press with the cover removed. Fig. 1l is an endelevation of Fig. l0. Fig. 12 is a plan of the pressing arrangementshown in Fig. l1.

These molding presses are specially designed to provide means wherebythe cigars or other articles which have been pressed therein into thedesired form may easily be removed with the lower part of the mold, thelatter being then replaced by another bottom mold containing the rollsoi tobacco that have to be pressed into shape.

Each workman or operator has charge of a separate press, and thesepresses have therefore to be made extremely simple and in such a mannerthat their action will be rapid.

The bottom or bed a and the cover b of the press are connected by twobolts, d and d', the heads of which are tixed to the hed ct by screws.

Under the cover b there is an intermediate piece, c, forming the uppermold. This is connected with the bottom Inold, f, by theshortprojections or dowel-pins g g', titting into corresponding holes inthe lower mold,f, whereby the two parts oi' the mold are made to tit orregister exactly together. The lower mold, f, may, it' desired, beconnected with the bed a by means of two hooks, h It', which are screwedinto the bed a., and can, when required, be hooked over screw-headsiixed in the lower mold, j'.

On the cover b there is a pressing device, having bolts d with doubleprojections (see Figs. 4, 5, 10, and ll) on their ends, which areoperated by means of the half-round hollow cavity in the eccentric andslotted end ofthe pressing-lever k, Fig. 8. By simply operating thislever the cover b of the press and the upper mold, e, are pressedtightly to the lower mold. The eccentric faces of the pressing-lever aremade as wide as possible, and the slot has curved corners in order tocause the pressure of the lever to act as far away as possible from thebolt d. (See Fig. 8.)

It may be explained that the eccentric portions ot' the pressinglever,as well as the small pressing-plates n, xed on the cover b, are made ofvery hard material-that is to say, after having been made ot' iron theyare case-hardened.

The double projections on the bolts d are made ot' such a shape thatthey will perform their office, but not exceed the diameter of the boltsthemselves, so that the cover b may be removed from the bolts d.

For the purpose of lifting the cover b, with the upper mold, e, from thelower 1nold,j`, two uprights,f, are fixed on the plate n, and have ontheir upper part two projections,f2, which can be grasped by thepressing-lever, as may be seen in Figs. 2 and 3, and by means of thesethe cover, with the upper mold, may be raised by simply pressing thepressing-lever downward, the latter now having its point of resista-nceand fulcrum on the top part ot' the bolt d.

If' articles of great length are to be pressed IOO the press must bemade of corresponding width, and is then provided with two bolts on eachside, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, and the pressing-lever 7c in this caseis made forkedshaped, Fig. 4. By this arrangement the 0perator isenabled with facility to overcome any resist-ance greater on one sidethan on the other.

The pressing-lever shown in Fig. 6 is of a somewhat different shape. Ithas an intermediate projection, which is designed to enter a slot in thebolt d, Fig. 7, which in this case is not provided with a doubleprojection. The two side projections, Fig. 6, take hold of a pin, n',which passes through the bars fixed on the plate n when the cover nb hasto be raised. Fig. 9 represents a similar pressing arrangement,excepting that the pressing-lever k has in this case no slot, but has asingle projection, which serves for pressing as well as for lifting thecover.

When the lower mold, with the finished rolls of tobacco, has to be takenout of the press the cover b, with the upper mold, e, is liftedcoinpletely off the bolts d, the hooks l1. 7L', Fig. 5, are turned back,and the lower mold, f, is thus quite free, so that it can be lifted ott'from the bolts d. In the press shown in Figs. 10, 11, and 12 the lowermold can be taken out in a still more simple manner-namely, by liftingthe cover b by means of the pressing-lever (of` the shape shown in Fig.4) and pushing the lower mold away sidewise on a dovetailed guide, Z.The press is here arranged just as in Figs. 4 and 5, with two bolts oneach side of the press, and is made so wide that the lower and uppermolds have ample room between the four bolts d, d', d, and d, so thatthey do not, as in the narrower press in Figs. 4 and 5, fit round thebolts d.

At the end of the press there is an anglepiece, m, Figs. l() and l1,which forms a stop for the lower mold. The lower and upper molds are notshown in Fig. 11.

What we claim is- 1. The device for applying pressure to the molds7consisting ot' the removable lever k, whose end has eccentric faces anda slot or opening, the bolt d. having double projections, and the platen, all combined substantially as above described, and as shown in thedrawings.

2. The device for applying pressure to or for opening the molds,consisting in the removable lever k, having one end formed witheccentric faces and a slot 0r opening, the bolt d, having doubleprojections, the plate n, and the uprights f', all constructed andarranged substantially as described.

lhis specification signed by us this 19th day of May, 1860.

WILH. OSENBRGK. AD. OSENBRUCK. AUGUST OSENBRGK.

Witnesses:

FRIEDH. SCAKE, JOHN H. SCHNABEL.

